La Désirade (commune)

La Désirade
Commune
The village of Beauséjour in the commune of La Désirade

Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Coordinates: 16°18′10″N 61°04′31″W / 16.3028°N 61.0753°W / 16.3028; -61.0753Coordinates: 16°18′10″N 61°04′31″W / 16.3028°N 61.0753°W / 16.3028; -61.0753
Country France
Overseas region and department Guadeloupe
Arrondissement Pointe-à-Pitre
Canton Saint-François
Government
 • Mayor René Noël
Area1 21.12 km2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 1,563
 • Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 97110 /97127
Website www.mairie-ladesirade.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of it.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.

Education

Public preschools and primary schools include:[1]

  • Ecole primaire Beauséjour
  • Ecole maternelle Baie-Mahault
  • Ecole maternelle Louis Adrien Thionville

Public junior high schools include:[2]

  • Collège Maryse Condé

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
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